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- Title: START-ZONE TERRAIN AND THE OCCURRENCE AND TIMING OF WET SLAB AVALANCHES IN COLORADO
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Brandon Levy, Ron Simenhois, Erich H. Peitzsch, Ethan Greene
- Description: Wet slab avalanches (WSAs) release when liquid water reduces the strength of a buried weak layer or interface, and their timing is governed primarily ...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.24.pdf
- Keywords: wet slab avalanche, start zone, terrain classification, release timing, bayesian hierarchical model, colorado
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- Title: PATTERNS OF GLIDE AVALANCHE RELEASE: INSIGHTS FROM 23 YEARS OF OBSERVATIONS ALONG THE GOING-TO-THE-SUN ROAD, MONTANA, USA
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Erika Birkeland, Maddey Frey, Sarah Williams, Erich Peitzsch
- Description: Glide avalanches pose a notable hazard during annual spring snow removal operations along the Going-to-the-Sun Road (GTSR) in Glacier National Park (G...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.25.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting, glide avalanches, indicator path.
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- Title: BINARY AVALANCHE DETECTION SYSTEM (BADS)
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Michael Dvorsak, William Tidd, Christopher Casebeer, Eric Bressler
- Description: Detecting avalanche events in real-time remains a challenge for ski resorts, transportation agencies, railways, and avalanche mitigation professionals...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.26.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche detection, differential pressure sensor, remote sensing, avalanche mitigation, machine learning
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- Title: FUNDING THE FORECAST: COMPARING APPROACHES TO AVALANCHE RISK MANAGEMENT
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Liz Daniel
- Description: Winter backcountry recreation has grown dramatically in recent years. Despite this surge, annual avalanche fatalities in the US have remained stable f...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.28.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche forecasting operations, organizational structure, funding, program analysis
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- Title: MID-WINTER WET SLABS IN INTERMOUNTAIN SNOWPACKS: HOW "UNUSUAL" IS THIS REALLY?
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Brooke Maushund, Ben VandenBos
- Description: Mid-winter wet slab avalanche cycles are most often thought of as phenomena associated with rain-on-snow events in maritime snow climates. Intermounta...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.29.pdf
- Keywords: wet slab; mid-winter; intermountain snowpack; avalanche forecasting; utah; wasatch
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- Title: AN APPLIED VALIDATION AND VERIFICATION FRAMEWORK FOR COMPUTER-ASSISTED PUBLIC AVALANCHE FORECASTING
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: McKinley Talty, Travis J. Morrison, Jack Eskeland
- Description: Computer-assisted avalanche forecasting models are increasingly used to support operational avalanche forecasting, yet robust and repeatable validatio...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.3.pdf
- Keywords: artificial intelligence, avalanche forecasting, modeling and quantitative forecasting, validation and verification
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- Title: ASSESSING PUBLIC BACKCOUNTRY AVALANCHE FORECASTS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Ethan Davis, Zachary Miller, Scott Savage, Dallas Glass, Spencer Logan, Ethan Greene, Blase Reardon, Christine Donnelly, Andrew Schauer
- Description: Avalanche danger ratings are the cornerstone of a public backcountry avalanche forecast, and the "Tier 1" danger — the highest rating across all ele...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.30.pdf
- Keywords: regional avalanche forecasting, forecast verification, forecast assessment, avalanche danger, forecaster confidence
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- Title: ATES FOR OPERATIONAL TERRAIN MANAGEMENT IN THE USA FOR MOTORIZED AND NON-MOTORIZED GROUPS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Lee K. Blazek
- Description: The Avalanche Terrain Exposure Scale (ATES) is widely used to classify avalanche terrain for recreational trip planning, yet its role in structured op...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.32.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), operational terrain management, terrain management, scales of travel in avalanche terrain, snowmobiling and motorized travel
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- Title: ISSW- SKI RESORT TERRAIN EXPANSION: A TALE OF COMPACTION AND THE MONKEY IN THE MIDDLE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: David P., Richard M.
- Description: Lake Louise Ski Resort's terrain expansion follows our 2019 Long Range Plan approved by Parks Canada. The West Bowl expansion adds 480 acres of avalan...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.33.pdf
- Keywords: resort operations, compaction, terrain, avalanche, continental snowpack, lake louise
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- Title: KEEPING PEOPLE SAFE IN OUR MOUNTAINS – TOWARD AN AUTOATES-BASED AVALANCHE MODELING SYSTEM FOR THE SOUTHERN ALPS, AOTEAROA NEW ZEALAND
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Philip Elder, Nicolas Cullen, Aubrey Miller
- Description: Snow avalanches present risks to people and infrastructure in mountain environments worldwide. In Aotearoa New Zealand, growing participation in alpin...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.35.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche terrain exposure scale (ates), terrain, avalanche hazard, new zealand
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- Title: FROM RAW DATA TO DECISION SUPPORT: DERIVED VARIABLES AND QUALITY CONTROL FOR AUTOMATED WEATHER STATIONS
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Michael Conlan
- Description: Data from automated weather stations (AWS) are often a critical input for avalanche forecasting. Snow depth, precipitation, snow water equivalent (SWE...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.36.pdf
- Keywords: automated weather station, weather variables, quality control, thresholds, avalanche forecasting
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- Title: THE GEAR–COMPETENCE GAP IN MOTORIZED AVALANCHE ACCIDENTS: TRENDS IN EQUIPMENT USE AND RESCUE OUTCOMES
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Kelly McNeil, Ian McCammon
- Description: Over the past several decades, the presence of avalanche rescue equipment among motorized users has increased substantially alongside expanded avalanc...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.4.pdf
- Keywords: motorized recreation, rescue equipment, rescue errors, avalanche education
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- Title: A COMPREHENSIVE AVALANCHE MITIGATION AND MONITORING FRAMEWORK FOR ARCTIC COASTAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION ON ARNØYA, NORWAY
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: von Wartburg J, Wickström S, Berger T, Kavli Walberg N, St Pierre Ostrander T, Carrel M
- Description: Arnøya, a remote island in Troms County, Northern Norway, saw the installation of a comprehensive avalanche mitigation and monitoring system in 2024,...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.40.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche monitoring, norway, racs, mitigation, forecasting
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- Title: USING TOTAL AVALANCHE VOLUME TO ASSESS CONSISTENCY IN OPERATION AVALANCHE SIZE REPORTING.
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: M. Sydney White
- Description: Avalanche size assignments often rely on visual estimates of key parameters such as destructive potential, debris extent, and avalanche mass, all of w...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.41.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche size, avalanche volume, avalanche volume deposits
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- Title: AVALANCHE MITIGATION IN MINING INDUSTRY: BRIDGING SNOW SCIENCE, REGULATORY COMPLIANCE, AND TIME-CRITICAL DECISION-MAKING – A CASE STUDY FROM CODELCO ANDINA, CHILE
- Date: 2026-09-28
- Authors: Maximiliano Barros, Esteban Cueto, Cesar Vera
- Description: Operating a large-scale mine (240kton refined copper for 2030) in the Chilean Andes confronts practitioners with a fundamental challenge: how to trans...
- Object ID: ISSW2026_P2.42.pdf
- Keywords: avalanche management; bowtie; compliance; operational continuity, accountability.
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